All three published issues of the periodical The Fox, one of the most important publications of 1970s conceptualism. All issues printed on newsprint, with rough cardboard covers."It is the purpose of our journal to try to establish some kind of community practice. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue and documentation of preparation for exhibition held in 1971. Large-scale book documenting the thrills and chills of when artists and scientists [or corporations] joined together by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art attempted to produce collaborative works. ... [details]
Large-scale examination of the conceptual art network in its years of inception, 1967, though to the time at which it had become highly formalized, 1977. An exacting examination by Sophie Richard, edited by Lynda Morris after Richard's unfortunate death. ... [details]
February 1972 issue of Hit Parader, edited by Patrick J. Masulli. Contents include: "The Scene;" "Hard Versus Soft Rock: An Opinion from Steppenwolf's John Kay;" "King Curtis: Saxman's Sound," an obituary; "Moody Blues;" "Traffic's Stevie;" "Fast Flashes;" "John Fogerty of Creedence;" "Ginger Baker;" "Jack Bruce: The Images are More Meaningful;" "John and Yoko," interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono following the completion of his album "Imagine" including a full bleed centerfold portrait of the couple; "Backstage with Sly and the Family Stone," an interview with Sly; "Mike Nesmith," an interview; "Complete Song Index: Words to Your Favorite Hits;" "Arrivals: Ian Matthews;" "We Read Your Mail;" and "Albums in Review. ... [details]
Forth book in Afterall Books' "Exhibition Histories" series focusing on ‘Magiciens de la Terre,’ an exhibition held in Paris in 1989 featuring over a hundred artists. Introduction by Pablo Lafuente. Text by Lucy Steeds, Jean-Marc Poinsot, Rasheed Araeen, Jean Fisher, Thomas McEvilley, Jean-Hubert Martin, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Barbara Kruger. ... [details]
"We owe our idea of the contemporary exhibition to Harald Szeemann--the first of the jet-setting international curators. From 1961 to 1969, he was Curator of the Kunsthalle Bern, where in 1968 he had the foresight to give Christo and Jeanne-Claude the opportunity to wrap the entire museum building. ... [details]
Issue number 2 of the quarterly periodical Avalanche, published Winter 1971. Cover features Bruce Nauman. Contents: "Rumbles," featuring Bas Jan Ader, John Perreault, Vito Acconci, and Paul Kos; "Interview: Bruce Nauman"; "Interview: Terry Fox"; "Klaus Rinke Retrospective"; "Documents: John Van Saun"; "Documents: Dennis Oppenheim"; "Documents: Richard Serra"; "Yves Klein," by Shunk-Kender; "King for a Day," by Bruce McLean; "112 Greene Street," by Alan Saret and Jeffrey Lew; "Mrs. ... [details]
March 1969 issue of Ace : A Magazine for Men of Distinction, edited by Herman Petras. Contents include: "Why America's Called a Sexual Wilderness," by Ernest Welsh; "Kookie Kusama: Fun City's New Nude Goddess of Free Love," by John Stange; A Modern Man's Method of Making Out," by Ed Wilcox; "The Insatiable Sex Queen of Hell's Suburb," by Betty Riley; "Why That First Date Was a Scoreless Tie," by Jay Mennen; "Nicky Arnstein: The Truth About the Rogue Who Made 'Funny Girl' Cry," by Wm. ... [details]
March 1987 issue of Artforum, edited by Ingrid Sischy. Contents include: "The Opposite of Emptiness: On the Spirit in Art," by Thomas McEvilley; "Excuse Me Madame But It Seems To Me Unless I'm Mistaken That I've Met You Somewhere Before: A Conversation with Eugène Ionesco," by Sanda Miller; "Nine Beatitudes on Eight Pages: After 'Four Saints in Three Acts,' Another Act, with Pictures," by Ingrid Sischy; "Hans Haacke's Corporate Muse: 'Unfinished Business,'" by Jean Fisher; "The Sleeping Beauty in the Castle of Modern Art: A Slumberer Stirs," by Ida Panicelli; "Louise Bourgeois: Where Angels Fear to Tread, A Profile in Courage," by Donald Kuspit; "Museum Piece: Rain. ... [details]
June - July 1975 issue of Journal, edited by Peter Clothier. Includes introduction to the issue by Peter Clothier; "Boxed Thinking," by John Baldessari; "Language and Structure," by Richard Kostelanetz; "Untitled," Guy de Cointet; "Language of Ligh,t" by Greg S. ... [details]